Dictionary

yelp en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /jɛlp/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).

Meanings

1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
   • “Before he was a twel’month ould he had a mouth full o’ great teeth; his hands wor like ’s claws, and his legs wor no thicker nor the handle of a whip, and about as straight as a rapin’ hook; to make the matther worse, he had the gut uv a cormorant, and the whinge, and the yelp, and the screech, and the yowl, was never out of his mouth.” 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 522:
   • The dog always moved, with a yelp, but it always got in the way again. 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 177:
   • The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

Forms

Synonyms

yawp

Translations (29)

fi älähdys (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · pl zaskomlenie (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · pt ganido (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ru визжа́ние (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · io aboyeto (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · fr couinement (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · pl zawycie (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · it strillo (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ms dengking (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · mi wēwē (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · fi hihkaisu (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · el γαβγίζω (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · da hyl (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · fr jappement (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · eo jelpo (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ga sceamh (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · hu vakkantás (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · gd tathann (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · es aullido (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ka წივილი (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ru визг (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ja 悲鳴 (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · pl pisk (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · es trino (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · fi ulvahdus (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · ka კივილი (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · mi ngawē (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · es quejido (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) · bg скимтене (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance)

yelp en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /jɛlp/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”).

Meanings

1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
   • The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
   • I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness. 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter VI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38:

Forms

Translations (38)

pl zawyć (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · gl latir (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · bg скимтя (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · mi tīwē (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · da hyle (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · pt ganir (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · cs vyjeknout (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · cs zakňučet (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · it strillare (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · io aboyetar (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · fi hihkaista (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · fi hihkua (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · gl ganir (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · ru визжа́ть (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · eo jelpi (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · ka კივილი (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · la ganniō (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · mi tūwē (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · es gañir (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · pl skomleć (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · wyi warram boorboon (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · pl zapiszczeć (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · de kreischen (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · fi älähtää (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · pl zaskomleć (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · fr couiner (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · sa बुक्कति (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · cs zavýsknout (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · fi ulvahtaa (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · pl piszczeć (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · ka წივილი (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · ja 悲鳴をあげる (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · sh cičati (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · ga sceamh (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · gd tathainn (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · mi wēwē (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · fr japper (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) · pl wyć (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise)